Machine Learning Jobs on Steady Path to Domination

Machine learning (ML) is as much a buzzword as it is a profession. Still in its early days, it’s both captured our imagination and scared us silly at the | Continue reading


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App Store Under Fire: Should We Expect Apple to Change?

The Supreme Court has ruled that an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and its App Store can move forward. Now users and developers can sue Apple for | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Old-School Tech Skills Continue to Top Employer Wish Lists

Which skills are trending in tech? According to a new analysis of Burning Glass/NOVA data, the “old school” stalwarts are still going strong: DevOps, C++, | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Python Programming Language: Guides, Tutorials, and Downloads

Python is a robust programming language, widely used by many large organizations that prize its versatility. It’s utilized at Netflix, Dropbox and Google; | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

GitHub Package Registry Lets You Manage Dependencies with Repos

For many, repos are collections of dependencies or packages of code. A new product from GitHub, Package Registry, will allow you the freedom to manage and | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Boosted H-1B Fees Could Pay for American Stem Training

Fees for H-1B visas could jump in coming years, according to the Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2020 budget. “In FY 2020, the Department’s budget | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Tech Recruiting Is Broken: Fish Are Taking Your Jobs

Here is a bold proclamation and a completely new concept nobody has thought of before: tech recruiting can suck. There, I said it. Curious to see just how | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

In-Demand Programming Languages at Wall Street Firms

The number of tech-related job openings at New York investment banks has plummeted over the past half-year. At Morgan Stanley and Citi, for example, there | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Magic Leap, Microsoft Conflict on AR Headset Strategy

What’s the best way to convince developers to experiment with augmented reality (AR)? If you’re Microsoft, you offer the ”developer” version of your | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Managing AWS User Permissions: An Introduction

Understanding user access is fundamental to working with AWS, to the point where the platform includes a service called Identity Access Management (IAM). | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Siri Shortcuts May Hit macOS This Fall. RIP Automator?

In 2016, Apple and its Automator/AppleScript boss Sal Soghoian parted ways. Now, it seems Siri Shortcuts is poised to replace Automator on macOS. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Cannabis Industry Budding with Tech Opportunities

Cannabis is now a big, legal business in much of the United States. Since California legalized its medical use in 1996, the industry that grows, packages, | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

The State of H-1B, Two Years After Trump's Executive Order

Has Trump's "Buy American and Hire American" executive order, now two years old, impacted H-1B applications at all? Or is the push a failure? | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Python Job Interview: Questions That Will Trip You Up

As an 'engineer' in an investment bank, I get to conduct a lot of interviews, especially with people who claim to be able to code in Python. They might be | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Billing Clients for Freelance or Side Projects: Sell Your Day, Not the Hours

Billing clients for your freelance work can be difficult. An interesting new theory may help you avoid arguing about how much work you did, and when. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Apple Arcade: Worthy of Game Developers' Fear?

Apple Arcade is a portfolio of highly curated streaming games. That sounds like potentially good news for game developers. But is it? | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Are Wall Street Banks Turning Their Back on Tech Talent (Again)?

Before Amazon pulled out of its deal to make New York City home to its second headquarters, there were murmurs over whether investment banks could | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Programming for .Net Core: A Beginner's Walkthrough

Since its first appearance in 2002, the .NET framework has built a healthy platform ecosystem, including .NET Core. Let's explore .NET Core. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Indie Game Devs: Pay Attention to These Nintendo Switch Bestsellers

If you’re an indie game developer, you’re well aware of the challenges you face. With great ideas, good promotion, and a generous helping of luck, you | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

A.I. Could Delete HR and Recruiting Jobs for Good

HR staffers and recruiters could find their jobs at serious risk due to automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

IBM CEO: A.I. Will Impact Jobs Within 5 to 10 Years

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty believes that A.I. will change the workforce (and jobs) much sooner than you might think. “I expect AI to change 100 percent of jobs | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

What Your Company's Layoff Letter Means for You

Recently, Tesla and Disney went through rounds of layoffs. In both cases, the companies sent letters to employees that were made public. While those | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

As H-1B Hiring Escalates, Firms Moving Jobs to Canada

A new study shows companies plan to hire more H-1B candidates domestically, but are also shifting jobs to Canada. Envoy Global recently released a study | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

What Happens to Data Scientists at Hedge Funds

Like most hedge funds, Point72 is actively recruiting data scientists as it seeks to build out its quantitative business while also providing big data and | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Why Apple Is Patenting Swift Features, Even Though It's Open Source

Swift, the language Apple developed and then made open-source in 2015, is growing up fast. But a few have noticed Apple is patenting features for the | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

After Fed Government Shutdown, Time to Rethink IT Security

Recovering from the latest federal government shutdown reminds Christopher Kennedy of taking an aircraft carrier out of the mothball fleet. A former | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Tech Salaries Stagnant Despite Low Unemployment

The tech industry is enjoying a remarkably low unemployment rate, but that’s not translating into rising salaries for technology professionals, according | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Top Cities for Tech Salaries in 2019

While our 2019 Dice Salary Survey shows an overall trend of plateauing tech pro salaries nationwide, we see variations amongst metro areas. And some | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Which Tech Companies Have the Most Happy Employees?

Are tech pros happy at work? Many tech companies believe that loading up their offices with all kinds of amenities—from free gyms and unlimited PTO to | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Tech Salaries Stagnant Despite Low Unemployment: Survey

The tech industry is enjoying a remarkably low unemployment rate, but that’s not translating into rising salaries for technology professionals, according | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Blast from the Past: Retrieving Old Game Source Code

Way back in 1985, I created games on the ZX Spectrum/Timex and CBM-64. A friend and I set up a small software house, and in addition to creating our own | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Web Designer Salaries Increase with Skills Specialization

Web designers are responsible for the best (and worst) of the web. Given the importance of the role, what’s a typical web designer salary? | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Tech's Winning (and Losing) Jobs in 2019

Most professionals in these specialties should expect rising demand in 2019: Big Data, artificial intelligence (A.I.), blockchain, cybersecurity. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Need to Compare Job Offers? Check This Site First

If you've got two job offers on the table, how do you pick? The choice is never easy, but we've found a simple website that lets you compare roles apples-to-apples. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Trump Administration Formally Offers H-1B Lottery Changes

For the past few months, publications that watch the federal government (such as Politico) have reported rumors that something big is in the works for | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Trump Administration May Push Big Changes to H-1B Lottery System

The Trump administration is planning some changes to the H-1B lottery system. Those changes could see more highly educated workers obtaining the visa. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

What the Apple Notarization Program for MacOS Apps Means for You

Apple has begun asking developers to notarize their apps for macOS, but what does it all mean? We break down the pros and cons of a possibly critical time for Mac app development. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Whiteboard Interviews Absolutely Terrify You: Survey

Nobody likes whiteboards, but did you know it's the most dreaded part of the tech interview process? Tech pros just plain hate whiteboard interviews. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Is It Ethical to Automate Your Job Without Telling Anyone?

When a tech pro figures out how to automate a substantial chunk of their job, they often live in fear. What if their boss thinks they’re no longer useful? | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

A.I. Might Have Met Its Ethical Match in California Senate Bill 1001

A.I. has come a long way, and still has a ton of work to do, but a new California bill helps prevent A.I. and various bots from acting as though they're human. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Swift 5 Pushed Back to 2019; Pre-WWDC Release Predicted

Swift 5 was initially set for a late 2018 release, but it's now been pushed back to 2019 – and for one very good reason (besides ABI stability). | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

5 Programming Languages That May Dominate the Future

The other week, we predicted five programming languages doomed for extinction. It sparked a lot of comments, to put it mildly, but it also got us thinking: What programming languages will grow and thrive in coming years? | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

5 Programming Languages Doomed to Extinction

Not all programming languages are fated to survive for decades. Here are five programming languages that will likely fade away sooner rather than later. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Twitter Now Using 'Spam' to Put Devs in a Corner

Twitter is leaning had into spam, claiming it's a core reason developers must now undergo expanded scrutiny before accessing its API. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

New Proof the Open Office Concept Is Ineffective

The open office, a darling of cost-cutting companies which think it will make us all more productive, has now been proven to be a farce. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Steve Jobs Traced Out the iOS and MacOS App Store in 1983

The App Store isn't new, but it's being refreshed this Fall for iOS and macOS. One of its more critical features was actually discussed as a core concept by Steve Jobs in 1983. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

New Mac App Store Is Huge Opportunity for Devs, Companies

The new Mac App Store is flashy, brilliant, and a total refresh for the desktop app portal Apple made popular, and it's got a few clever tricks up its sleeve. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago

Burnout Is Real, and These Are Tech’s Main Offenders: Study

Burnout is something any tech pro can face, and a new study shows it may actually be worse at larger tech firms with plenty of great perks. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 5 years ago